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Privacy Policy for Simran Singh Law Professional Corporation, Barristers & Solicitors
Last Updated: January 16, 2026
Simran Singh Law professional corporation our Firm is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of the personal information of our clients, prospective clients, and website visitors. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information in compliance with Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), where applicable, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), and our professional obligations as members of the Law Society of Ontario.
1. Collection of Personal Information
We collect personal information only by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with your knowledge and consent. The types of personal information we may collect include:
- Contact Information: Name, address, email address, telephone number.
- Case/Inquiry Information: Information you provide about your legal matter through contact forms, emails, or phone calls to determine if we can assist you.
- Client Information: If you become a client, we collect all information necessary to provide legal services, which may include financial information, identification, health information (in relevant matters), and other sensitive personal details pertinent to your case.
- Technical Information: Through our website, we may automatically collect non-identifying information such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited to improve website functionality. We use cookies only for essential site operation and analytics (in anonymized form where possible).
2. Purposes for Collecting, Using, and Disclosing Personal Information
We collect, use, and disclose your personal information for the following primary purposes:
- To assess whether we can represent you and to avoid conflicts of interest.
- To provide legal advice and services to you as a client.
- To administer client accounts, including billing and payment processing.
- To comply with our legal and professional obligations, including court rules and Law Society regulations.
- To distribute relevant legal updates, firm news, or invitations with your express consent (you may opt-out at any time).
- To improve our website and services.
3. Consent
Your knowledge and consent are required for the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information, except where required or permitted by law. By providing personal information to us through our website, by email, or in consultation, you consent to its collection, use, and disclosure for the purposes outlined in this policy.
In most cases, particularly when we are providing legal services, your consent will be implied from the circumstances. You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. Please be aware that withdrawing consent may impact our ability to continue providing you with legal services.
4. Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention
We do not use or disclose your personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with your consent or as required by law. We do not sell your personal information.
We retain your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, to comply with our professional obligations to maintain client files for a minimum period as mandated by the Law Society of Ontario, or as required by law. After the requisite retention period, we securely destroy or anonymize the information.
5. Safeguarding Your Information
We employ physical, organizational, and technological safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. These measures include secure office premises, restricted file access, encryption for electronic data, and secure off-site backup.
6. Accuracy and Access
We strive to ensure your personal information is accurate, complete, and up-to-date. You have the right to request access to your personal information in our custody and to request corrections if you believe it is inaccurate. Requests must be made in writing. There may be limited circumstances where we are prohibited by law from providing access or making a correction.
7. Lawyer-Client Privilege
All information shared with us within the context of a lawyer-client relationship is subject to strict solicitor-client confidentiality and is protected by lawyer-client privilege. This privilege is fundamental to our relationship and is safeguarded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
8. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
9. Contact Information & Challenging Compliance
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or our handling of your personal information, or if you wish to withdraw consent or request access to your information, please contact our Privacy Officer at:
Simran Singh , Simran Singh Law Professional Corporation
Address: 2 County Court Blvd, Unit 310, Brampton, Ontario. L6W 3W8
Email: info@simranlaws.com
Phone: +14168795266
We will investigate all complaints and respond promptly. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, as applicable.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or the law. The updated policy will be posted on our website with a revised “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy regularly.
Disclaimer: This Privacy Policy is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. For advice on your specific privacy or legal matter, please contact us directly to establish a lawyer-client relationship..
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
